‘Green’ Europe: Coal To Displace Gas, Says IEA | The Global Warming Policy Foundation

Coal has been displacing gas generation in Europe since 2009 and the International Energy Agency expects this trend to continue, Ms Anne Sophie Corbeau, senior gas analyst for the International Energy Agency said that “We will have a Golden Age of Coal in Europe, at least over the next 5 years.”

Study: The economic value of forests will decline between 14 % and 50 % due to climate change

A new pan-European study suggests that the economic value of forests will decline between 14 % and 50 % due to climate change.

Nobel Peace Prize goes to the EU. Does the committee exist just to troll Right-wingers? – Telegraph Blogs

[Tom Chivers] The Nobel Peace Prize this year has been awarded to the European Union. Without wanting to go into whether or not that's a good idea (it seems a bit strange, even to me), does this confirm at last that the prize's organisers have stopped worrying so much about whether the recipients are actually deserving, and instead decided simply to pick people who will annoy Right-wingers?

I mean, come on. In 2009, Barack Obama while the ink was still wet on his inauguration documents. In 2002, Jimmy Carter ("History's greatest monster!"). Now the EU, even while the Greek public are burning Nazi flags for Angela Merkel's visit. In 2007, Al bloody Gore (thanks ArtificialIntelligence in the comments for reminding me of that one). Next year, will it be George Monbiot? Or possibly me? Do I need to start getting a speech together? "I'd like to thank Antonio Gramsci and the Frankfurt School…"

Twitter / HeartlandInst: RT @EnviroClimate: Two debates ...

RT @EnviroClimate: Two debates now, and nothing on #globalwarming. I guess it's no big deal afterall. #realityintrudes

U.S. Struggles to Rescue Green Program Hit by Fraud - NYTimes.com

WASHINGTON — A Maryland man is awaiting sentencing for what may seem an unusual crime: selling bogus renewable energy credits and using the $9.3 million in illicit proceeds to buy jewelry and a fleet of luxury cars.

In a similar case in Texas, a man has been indicted for selling a whopping $42 million in counterfeit credits. He bought real estate, a Bentley and a Gulfstream jet.

As a result of such cases, the Environmental Protection Agency is scrambling to retool a program that relies on such credits to encourage the use of cleaner diesel fuel in engines. The refining industry has meanwhile seized on the schemes to argue that government fuel mandates don’t work and the rules should be relaxed or scrapped.